This
is the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Monthly Report
íVAugust 2013 specific
for Environmental
Permit no. EP-364/2009/B, Further Environmental Permit nos. FEP-01/364/2009,
FEP-02-364/2009, FEP-05/364/2009/A, FEP-06/364/2009/A FEP-07/364/2009/A, FEP-08/364/2009/A
and FEP-09/364/2009/B. The EM&A report is prepared by the
Environmental Team (ET) employed under Contract
No. HK/2011/07 íVWan Chai Development
Phase II and Central Wanchai Bypass íV Sampling, Field Measurement and Testing
Works (Stage 2). This report presents the environmental
monitoring findings and information recorded during the period of August 2013.
The cut-off
date of reporting is at 27th of each reporting month.

In
the reporting month, the principal work activities of individual contracts
are included as follows:

No
action and 3 limit level exceedances at M6 íV HK Baptist Church Henrietta
Secondary School were recorded on 6, 20 and 27 August
2013in this reporting month. The exceedances were
concluded as non-project related.

24-hour
real time noise monitoring was conducted at RTN2a íV Hong Kong Electric
Centre. No project related exceedance was recorded in the reporting month.

24-hour
real time noise monitoring was conducted at RTN3 íV Yu Lee Mo Fan Memorial
School. No limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting month.

24-hour
real time noise monitoring was conducted at RTN4 íV Causeway Bay Community
Centre. No limit level exceedance was recorded in the reporting month.

Liaison
was conducted with HK Baptist Church Henrietta Secondary School and Po
Leung Kuk Yu Lee Mo Fan Memorial School regarding the set up of RTN3 real
time noise monitoring station.Po Leung Kuk Yu Lee Mo Fan Memorial School grant permission for set
up on 4 Sep 2012 and station set up was performed on 14 Sep 2012.

Real
time noise monitoring station at Oil Street Community Liaison Centre
(RTN2- Oil Street Community Centre) was relocated from Oil Street
Community Liaison Centre to Hong Kong Electric (RTN2a- Electric Centre) on
5 Oct 2012 which is a representative of the noise sensitive receiverCityGarden.
The baseline noise level of RTN2a will adopt the results derived from the
baseline noise monitoring conducted in Electric Centre from 4 December
2009 to 17 December 2009.

CausewayBay Community Centre has granted permission for
set up of real time noise monitoring station on 21 Dec 2012 and station
set up was performed on 27 Dec 2012.The Baseline noise level of RTN4- Causeway Bay Community Centre
will adopt the results from the baseline noise monitoring report for
EP/364/2009 in 22 April 2010 in which approved by EPD.

According
to clause 3.1 stated in EP-364/2009B, ížthe real-time monitoring system
shall be in place no later than two weeks before the commencement date of
demolition works of the existing Island Eastern CorridoríĘ. IEC demolition
associated construction works was commenced on 3 Feb 2013 and Real time
noise monitoring at RTN4-Causeway Bay Community Centre was commenced on 13
Jan 2013.

Real-time
noise monitoring station RTN1-FEHD Whitfield Depot was finely adjusted
from 2/F to roof-top at FEHD Whitfield Depot on 24 June 2013 with respect
to the commencement of advance works for IEC parapet demolition.

Air Monitoring

Due
to extension of site boundary by contractor of HY/2009/19, location of air
monitoring station CMA1b íV Oil Street Community Liaison Centre has been
finely adjusted on 21 April 2012.

The
location ID of air monitoring station CMA1b was updated as Oil Street Site
Office in April 2013.

Due
to the hoisting of Gale Signal no.8, the 1hr TSP event on 14 Aug 2013 was
rescheduled to 15 Aug 2013.

1-hour and 24-hour Total Suspended
Particulates (TSP) monitoring were conducted at CMA1b íV Oil Street Site Office;
CMA2a - Causeway Bay Community Center; CMA3a - CWB PRE Site Office Area; CMA4a
íV Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; CMA5a - Children Garden
opposite to Pedestrian Plaza; MA1e and MA1w íV International Finance Centre
eastern and western wing on every six days basis.

Complaints, Notifications of Summons
and Successful Prosecutions

There
were no environmental complaintsreceived in this reporting month.

1Introduction

1.1.1.Lam Geotechnics Limited (LGL) has been appointed to work as the
Environmental Team (ET) under Environmental Permit no. EP-364/2009/B and
Further Environmental permit nos. FEP-01/364/2009, FEP-02/364/2009, FEP-05/364/2009/A, FEP-06/364/2009/A,FEP-07/364/2009/A,
FEP-08/364/2009/A and FEP-09/364/2009/B to
implement the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) programme as
stipulated in the EM&A Manual of the approved Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) Report for Wan Chai Development phase II and Central-Wan Chai
Bypass (Register No.: AEIAR-125/2008) and in the EM&A Manual of the
approved EIA Report for Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor
Link (Register No. AEIAR-014/2001).

1.1.2.This report presents the environmental monitoring and auditing work
carried out in accordance to the Section
10.3 of EM&A Manualand ížEnvironmental Monitoring and Audit
RequirementsíĘ under Particular Specification Section 27.

1.1.3.This report documents the finding of EM&A
works for Environmental Permit (EP) no. EP-364/2009/B, Further Environmental
Permit (FEP) nos. FEP-01-364/2009, FEP-02/364/2009, FEP-05/364/2009/A,
FEP-06/364/2009/A, FEP-07/364/2009/A, FEP-08/364/2009/A and FEP-09/364/2009B during the period July to August 2013. The cut-off
date of reporting is at 27th of each reporting month

2.1.2.The key purpose of Wan Chai Development Phase II (WDII) is to provide
land at Wan Chai North and North Point for construction of the Central-Wan Chai
Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (CWB). Land formed under the project
will be developed as a world-class waterfront promenade joining that at the new
Central waterfront for public enjoyment.

2.1.3.There is a compelling and present need for the CWB to provide relief to
the very congested east-west
Connaught RoadCentral/Harcourt Road / Gloucester Road
Corridor (the Corridor) which is currently operating beyond its capacity. The
CWB will provide relief to the existing congestion along the Corridor and cater
for the anticipated growth of traffic on Hong KongIsland.
Without the CWB and its access roads, there will not be sufficient capacity to
serve the heavy traffic demands at both strategic and local levels.

2.2.1.Design and Construction of Central íV Wan Chai
Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link under the Project involves the
construction and operation of a trunk road and its road tunnel more than 800m
in length between portals that is shown at Figure 2.1.

íPA dual three-lane trunk road, approximately 4.5 km in length, and tunnel
approximately 3.7 km in length defined from the connection with the existing
Rumsey Street Flyover in Central, through to a connection with the existing Island
Eastern Corridor to the east of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter (CBTS);

íPThe Central Interchange near the Rumsey Street Flyover to provide road
connections to the Central area;

íPTunnel control buildings and ventilation buildings;

íPSlip roads to connect the CWB to the local road system in the Wan Chai
North and CausewayBay area;

2.2.3.The project also contains various Schedule 2 DPs that, under the EIAO,
require Environmental Permits (EPs) to be granted by the DEP before they may be either
constructed or operated. Table 2.1 summarises the five individual
DPs under this Project. Figure 2.1 shows the locations of these Schedule 2
DPs.

2.3.1.Due to the multi-contract nature of the Project, there are a number of
contracts sub-dividing the whole works area into different work areas to be
commenced.Contractors of
individual contracts will be required by the EP holder to apply Further
Environmental Permitssuch that the impact monitoring stations are sub-divided accordingly to
facilitate the implementation of EM&A programme and to streamline the
EM&A reporting for individual FEP holders correspondingly.

2.4.1.Civil Engineering and Development Department
and Highways Department are the overall project controllers for the Wan Chai
Development Phase II and Central-Wan Chai Bypass respectively. For the construction phase of the Project, Project Engineer,
Contractor(s), Environmental Team and Independent Environmental Checker are
appointed to manage and control environmental issues.

2.4.2.The proposed project organization and lines of communication with
respect to environmental protection works are shown in Figure 2.2.Key personnel and contact particulars are summarized in Table 2.3:

3.1.5.Summary of the current status on licences
and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent and submission
under FEP-02/364/2009 for contract no. HK/2009/01 are shown in Table 3.4 and Table 3.5

3.1.6.Summary of the current status on licences
and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent and submission
under FEP-01/364/2009 for contract no. HK/2009/02 are shown in Table 3.6 and Table 3.7.